Auner and Prommegger: Dramatic duels at Winter World Cup!

Auner and Prommegger: Dramatic duels at Winter World Cup!

The parallel slalom in Engadin in Engadin was both up and down for the Austrian athletes. Despite hard competition, Benjamin Auner shone and fought his way into the semi-finals with two sovereign victories, where he had to compete against his team-mate and former World Cup opponent Andreas Prommegger. Auner, who was defeated against Prommegger in the World Cup final two years ago, was able to successfully rehabilitation today because his opponent fell in a critical situation at the penultimate goal. Auner moved into the final with this victory, but had to accept a defeat again and lost to the 20-year-old junior world champion Samfirow, who towered over. As reported by the Kleine Zeitung, still remains a strong athlete who has established itself in the World Cup Solid.

The 44-year-old Prommegger only had to give a wafer thin in the small final with 3/100 seconds against the Italian Aaron March, which catapulted him to the ungrateful fourth place. The five -time world champion Benjamin Karl, who triumphed in Winterberg a few weeks ago, also left the round of 16 and ultimately took 13th place. For women, the competition for the ÖSV representatives was less successful, such as for Sabine Payer, who left in the round of 16 against the Japanese World Cup leader and later gold medal winner Tsubaki Miki to the surprise of everyone. The Kronen Zeitung also reported that injuries and technical errors thwarted the Austrian athletes, while the Japanese athlete Miki made a special recovery for her previous defeat.